Fortune 500 company-FACEBOOK, in a blog post on Friday, stated that GIPHY- a leader in visual expression and creation is going to be part of one of the Facebook family of apps- INSTAGRAM.

Axios reported on Friday that the tech giant has agreed to acquire GIPHY for a deal value of $400million.

According to Axios, the two companies started transaction talks before the Coronavirus pandemic, saying that the talk was more about partnership than acquisition.

GIPHY according to Facebook "makes everyday conversations more entertaining, and so we plan to further integrate their GIF library into Instagram and our other apps so that people can find just the right way to express themselves.

As revealed by Facebook's data, 50% of GIPHY's traffic comes from the Facebook family of apps, Instagram providing half of the 50% traffic.

The Director of Product on Instagram's Business Platform, Vishal Shah in the blog post said," A lot of people in our community already know and love GIPHY. In fact, 50% of GIPHY’s traffic comes from the Facebook family of apps, half of that from Instagram alone. By bringing Instagram and GIPHY together, we can make it easier for people to find the perfect GIFs and stickers in Stories and Direct. Both our services are big supporters of the creator and artist community, and that will continue. Together, we can make it easier for anyone to create and share their work with the world.

"We’ve used GIPHY’s API for years, not just in Instagram, but in the Facebook app, Messenger and WhatsApp. GIPHY will continue to operate its library (including its global content collection), and we’re looking forward to investing further in its technology and relationships with content and API partners. People will still be able to upload GIFs; developers and API partners will continue to have the same access to GIPHY’s APIs, and GIPHY’s creative community will still be able to create great content.

The goodness in being able to express ones'self cannot be overemphasized. Graphics Interchange Format (GIFs) and stickers provide worthwhile and artistic ways of expression. This collaboration will certainly bolster connectivity and communication with visuals.

https://businessinflux.com/2020/05/17/facebook-acquires-gif-database-for-400m/

See how someone dream keep getting bigger, brother you too can make it

And tomoro useless and jobless Nigerians who have contributed absolutely nothing to anything will spew theories on how he got richer becos of d antichrist and other useless and stupid stories and theories

Kufre living in my area has successfully invented a pipe he uses to drink through his face mask. He called it coropiper.
He is now a celebrity in my area.
Can Mark Zuckerberg buy the invention too so that the fool will stop walking around with pipe and his yellow teeth. I'm forced to smile back cos now his teeth are always open, making me mentally breakdown often.

This guy is something else, invention too much for him head, I believe he spent most of his time thinking..

Dream big

And here is Nairaland, the same from ages to ages. Seun, hire a team of developers to help NL evolve. NL should be competing with the likes of Facebook..

Human always want more.
Me sef go make am

Mark should come and buy my WhatsApp stickers... I have an impressive collection....

Bloghomies:
And here is Nairaland, the same from ages to ages. Seun, hire a team of developers to help NL evolve. NL should be competing with the likes of Facebook..

Smh. Nairaland is a forum, it's meant to be basic and simple

That giphy will go well on Instagram

Michealky:


Smh. Nairaland is a forum, it's meant to be basic and simple

Seems like NL is the only forum you know.. That's why you're making this statement.

Michealky:


Smh. Nairaland is a forum, it's meant to be basic and simple

And Reddit, Quora, Stackoverflow are not forums? If Nairaland ups its game, it should be having offices in almost all the states.

RenaissanceGuy:
And Reddit, Quora, Stackoverflow are not forums? If Nairaland ups its game, it should be having offices in almost all the states.

NL is like St. Louis sugar.

Karleb:


NL is like St. Louis sugar.

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Seun should advance this site abeg...
Looking like 1950

Ordinary to Message someone.. You'll have to send him an E-Mail address. What nonsense
Where has DM gone to??